11.12.2024
RUSAL Takes Part in Carbon Digital Conference
Jakarta, 11 December 2024 – RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium producer, highlighted its contributions to reducing carbon emissions both domestically and globally during the Carbon Digital Conference 2024, held on December 9-11.
The conference brought together leading experts from around the world to foster networking, exchange insights, and explore collaborative initiatives aimed at addressing the pressing challenges of the evolving carbon economy. By highlighting regional expertise and fostering international dialogue, the event underscored the critical role of key markets like Indonesia in achieving global climate goals.
As Southeast Asia’s largest economy and a leading emerging market globally, Indonesia holds a unique position in the global carbon economy. With its status as the world’s fourth most populous country, it represents a strategic growth market for RUSAL, particularly in areas related to sustainable development, said Kevin Kong Wen Hao, Representative Director for Southeast Asia and Taiwan at RUSAL.
RUSAL is the world’s largest producer of Low-Carbon aluminium, who tracks and certifies emissions of their Low-Carbon Aluminium “from cradle to gate,” including bauxite mining, alumina production, and raw material transportation. Over 99% of the company’s production powered by renewable energy.
In 2023, RUSAL produced 3,8 million tons of low-carbon aluminium, several times below the industry average for carbon footprint, as confirmed by independent certification. This aluminium helps consumers worldwide track and reduce their Scope 3 emissions.
This aligns with Indonesia’s climate policies and ambitious carbon reduction targets. The Indonesian government aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 140 million tons of CO₂-equivalent by 2030. Key initiatives under its comprehensive environmental program include producing 600,000 electric vehicles and increasing battery manufacturing capacity to 140 GWh annually by 2030.
Globally, countries and companies aim to halve emissions by 2030 per the Paris Agreement. Additionally, ASEAN member states, including Indonesia, have set a target to increase renewable energy’s share to 23% by 2025.
In this context, noted the RUSAL representative, the consumer goods and automotive sectors are seen to be the first to adopt low-carbon aluminium. Market demand for such aluminium is projected to grow significantly through 2033.
With aluminium accounting for over 30% of electric vehicle (EV) battery content, using low-carbon aluminium is vital for reducing Scope 3 emissions, potentially lowering total EV battery emissions by at least 13%.
In the automotive sector, RUSAL has also developed and successfully launched a new product, PeFA (Primary Equivalent Foundry Alloys), at several facilities. This product contains up to 30% recycled aluminium, fully meeting OEM standards and the latest industry requirements.
RUSAL actively supports the transition to renewable energy sources, as aluminium is a key material for solar power plants. Using low-carbon aluminium can further reduce the carbon footprint of materials for such plants.
Kevin emphasized that RUSAL continues to innovate in production processes. One of the most innovative solutions is replacing traditional carbon anodes with inert ones, which emit oxygen instead of carbon dioxide. This process produces aluminium with less than 0.01 tons of CO₂ per ton of aluminium and less than 2 tons of CO₂ overall. Over the past three years, this method has produced more than 5,000 tons of aluminium.
Additionally, RUSAL has developed climate project aimed at protecting forests from fires. In October 2024, the company took part in an international deal with its carbon units. The Arab investment fund, Equity International, acquired RUSAL's carbon units, which were issued in the Russian carbon unit registry. Concluding his remarks, Kevin reiterated that RUSAL, a global leader in ESG certification and innovation aims to become a carbon-neutral company by 2050.
“Preserving the environment is one of RUSAL’s key priorities. We are proud to offer countries and companies, including such a large and economically developed market as Indonesia, the best innovative solutions and products to reduce carbon emissions worldwide and improve the ecology of our planet. We believe in the vast, mutually beneficial prospects of our partnership. Sustainable development requires new and effective approaches to address humanity’s diverse challenges, which are deeply intertwined with environmental issues. We also believe that our joint efforts in this direction will benefit the entire world,” concluded Kevin.
The conference brought together leading experts from around the world to foster networking, exchange insights, and explore collaborative initiatives aimed at addressing the pressing challenges of the evolving carbon economy. By highlighting regional expertise and fostering international dialogue, the event underscored the critical role of key markets like Indonesia in achieving global climate goals.
As Southeast Asia’s largest economy and a leading emerging market globally, Indonesia holds a unique position in the global carbon economy. With its status as the world’s fourth most populous country, it represents a strategic growth market for RUSAL, particularly in areas related to sustainable development, said Kevin Kong Wen Hao, Representative Director for Southeast Asia and Taiwan at RUSAL.
RUSAL is the world’s largest producer of Low-Carbon aluminium, who tracks and certifies emissions of their Low-Carbon Aluminium “from cradle to gate,” including bauxite mining, alumina production, and raw material transportation. Over 99% of the company’s production powered by renewable energy.
In 2023, RUSAL produced 3,8 million tons of low-carbon aluminium, several times below the industry average for carbon footprint, as confirmed by independent certification. This aluminium helps consumers worldwide track and reduce their Scope 3 emissions.
This aligns with Indonesia’s climate policies and ambitious carbon reduction targets. The Indonesian government aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 140 million tons of CO₂-equivalent by 2030. Key initiatives under its comprehensive environmental program include producing 600,000 electric vehicles and increasing battery manufacturing capacity to 140 GWh annually by 2030.
Globally, countries and companies aim to halve emissions by 2030 per the Paris Agreement. Additionally, ASEAN member states, including Indonesia, have set a target to increase renewable energy’s share to 23% by 2025.
In this context, noted the RUSAL representative, the consumer goods and automotive sectors are seen to be the first to adopt low-carbon aluminium. Market demand for such aluminium is projected to grow significantly through 2033.
With aluminium accounting for over 30% of electric vehicle (EV) battery content, using low-carbon aluminium is vital for reducing Scope 3 emissions, potentially lowering total EV battery emissions by at least 13%.
In the automotive sector, RUSAL has also developed and successfully launched a new product, PeFA (Primary Equivalent Foundry Alloys), at several facilities. This product contains up to 30% recycled aluminium, fully meeting OEM standards and the latest industry requirements.
RUSAL actively supports the transition to renewable energy sources, as aluminium is a key material for solar power plants. Using low-carbon aluminium can further reduce the carbon footprint of materials for such plants.
Kevin emphasized that RUSAL continues to innovate in production processes. One of the most innovative solutions is replacing traditional carbon anodes with inert ones, which emit oxygen instead of carbon dioxide. This process produces aluminium with less than 0.01 tons of CO₂ per ton of aluminium and less than 2 tons of CO₂ overall. Over the past three years, this method has produced more than 5,000 tons of aluminium.
Additionally, RUSAL has developed climate project aimed at protecting forests from fires. In October 2024, the company took part in an international deal with its carbon units. The Arab investment fund, Equity International, acquired RUSAL's carbon units, which were issued in the Russian carbon unit registry. Concluding his remarks, Kevin reiterated that RUSAL, a global leader in ESG certification and innovation aims to become a carbon-neutral company by 2050.
“Preserving the environment is one of RUSAL’s key priorities. We are proud to offer countries and companies, including such a large and economically developed market as Indonesia, the best innovative solutions and products to reduce carbon emissions worldwide and improve the ecology of our planet. We believe in the vast, mutually beneficial prospects of our partnership. Sustainable development requires new and effective approaches to address humanity’s diverse challenges, which are deeply intertwined with environmental issues. We also believe that our joint efforts in this direction will benefit the entire world,” concluded Kevin.
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